Occupations are taking place at universities and students are walking out of colleges as a wave of protests begins against higher tuition fees and budget cuts. Students are staging occupations at Royal Holloway, Plymouth, Birmingham, London South Bank and the University of the West of England. Protesters have also begun gathering in central London.

Marches, walkouts and protest events are also taking place at universities and colleges in Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Bristol, Southampton, Oxford, Cambridge, Leeds, Newcastle, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Glasgow and Edinburgh. School pupils have walked out of lessons in Winchester, Cambridge, Leeds and London.